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| | Shamanism - Free net encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15) |
 | | Image:Kyzyl Shaman.jpg Shamanism refers to a range of traditional beliefs and practices that claim the ability to diagnose and cure human suffering and, in some societies, the ability to cause suffering. |
 | | In some societies, shamans exhibit a two-spirit identity, assuming the dress and attributes of the opposite sex from a young age, for example, a man taking on the role of a wife in an otherwise ordinary marriage. |
 | | This practice is common, and found among the Chukchee, Sea Dyak, Patagonians, Araucanians, Arapaho, Cheyenne, Navajo, Pawnee, Lakota, and Ute, as well as many other Native American tribes. |
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